Crisis Averted

This is the nursery furniture that we've picked out:


Aaron's parents offered (before we were even married, LOL) to buy the crib when we have a baby. I fell in love with this furniture, and as icing on the cake, it is affordable! At our last Babies R Us visit, we were given two 15% off coupons, and we thought they would go to perfect use toward the crib and dresser (which Grammy Ludwig is very generously buying).

Grandma Pennington was going to buy the crib today. She called last night to see if the crib was in stock, or if we would just order it. They politely informed her that OUR.FURNITURE.HAS.BEEN.DISCONTINUED. Not only that, but there are no more cribs in their warehouse or floor models at any of the stores in our area. Can you feel my heart start to race? The pregnancy hormone tears start to fall? Good, we're on the same page.

Immediately, I started searching websites for something similar (and not thousands of dollars). Nothing. NOTHING. It all looked like rickety crap. :(

Enter Miss Heather. We were instant messaging and she started finding other Babies R Us stores such as Omaha, Lincoln, Bentonville, and Wichita. If any of these locations had my furniture, it would be a perfect opportunity to road trip!

Omaha: nothing. Lincoln: nothing. Bentonville: nothing. Wichita: more than 300 in stock.
Hold the phone...more than 300?! And they can transfer it to our Babies R Us within two weeks at no additional cost?! SOLD!

So crisis averted...I can now breathe normally and the Nugget will not be born with high blood pressure:)

Thanks so much to Heather for her resourcefulness...Grandma Pennington for providing a place for the Nugget to sleep...and Grammy Ludwig for providing a changing table/dresser to store all of the sweet clothing we're already receiving!!!